Chapter 5

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AAfrica, East,84——, area and features,97——, British explorers,86——, German exploitation,98——, Germans engineer rebellion,95——, Germany annexes,91——, Germany obtains Kilima 'Njaro,93——, history,84——, jewel of German possessions,107——, Portuguese status,93——, products,101——, railways,101——, terrorism of natives,96Africa, German wireless,66Africa, South West,36——, area,69——, boundaries,65——, British operations,82——, Herero rebellion,70——, physical features,73——, products,74——, railways,76Africa, West,109——, Germany annexes Togoland,112——, Germany's entry into,110——, history,109Agadir crisis,30Angra Pequena, British subjects' position,55——, H.M.S.Boadiceaat,59——, possession of,41Arrowroot,180Asbestos,75Australia in the Pacific,129Australian Colonies, conference on the Pacific Islands,133Austria, emulation of Prussia,19BBananas,121,161Bêche-de-mer,166Bechuanaland, Boer action,64——, Rhodes's steps,65Belgian Congo,87Bernhardi, General von, on Germany's "place in the sun,"28——, views on Colonies,32Beyers, General, defeat and death,82——, rebels,81Birds,162Bismarck, Otto von,18,19,21,22,29,45,57,91,111Boers, the, as pioneers,39——, in South West Africa,77——, Republics in Bechuanaland,64——, view of Germans,47Bönn, Dr, on native policy,33Botha, General Louis,79——, takes field,82British policy in Africa,41—— sea supremacy,28—— vacillation,24,53CCape Colony, danger of being shut in,50Caprivi Treaty,25,66,77,83,94Carbonate of soda,107Carnarvon, Lord, refuses to annex New Guinea,132Castor-oil,180Cazou,106Chillies,106China and trade treaties,174—— and the Western nations,172——, German wedge inserted into,174——, the "mailed fist,"179——, war with Japan,175Coal,180Cocoa,117,121,154,166Coffee,101,102,154,166Congo Free State,88Cook, Captain,128Copper,75,180Copra,102,120,154,162,166Cotton,101,117,120,166DDamaraland,41Dar-es-Salaam,95—— bombarded,108De Wet, General, defeat and capture,82——, rebels,81Diamonds,75Dutch in Pacific,127,130EElliott, Major, stops rebellion in South West Africa,70Emden, the,184,185FFrance in the East,176,177—— in West Africa,109Frere, Sir Bartle,42,46,53,90GGalena,75,180German Colonial Empire limits,31—— Colonial trade,27—— Colonisation Society,20—— Confederation of 1814,17—— East African Society,91—— Emperor,18—— Emperor, letter to Lord Tweedmouth,31—— industries,26—— native policy,31—— naval aspirations,31Germans and natives,34—— as colonisers,32—— in America,33—— in Brazil,33—— in Cape Colony,33German South West Africa,24Germany and native treaties,91—— annexes South West Africa,62——, aspirations in Rhodesia,55——, aspirations in South Africa,53—— at Angra Pequena,56—— "a world Power,"28——, deprecatory spirit,31,61——, emigration,21—— enters colonisation field,23——, false conception of Boer character,79——, first German Colony,44——, ideas of expansion,26—— in the Pacific,25,124—— in West Africa,110Germany in Zanzibar,24,89——, native policy,70——, naval demonstration at Zanzibar,92——, place in Moroccan affairs,29——, population,20——, secret treaty with RussiaquaChina,178——, threat to Japan,176,185——, ultimatum to Japan,176——, wireless system in Africa,66Gold,75,107,167,180Grain,101Granville, Lord, and Bismarck,57,111Great Britain in Africa,36Great Namaqualand and Cape Colony,61Guano,74Gum-copal,101HHeligoland, exchange for Zanzibar,25,92Hides,73,102IIron,75,180Ivory,102,154,166JJapan, German ultimatum,176——, her claims in China,175——, ultimatum to Germany,183KKalahari Desert,41Kamerun,24,109,113,119,120,122Kiau-Chau,172,178,179,180——, fall of,185——, Japan's ultimatum to Germany,183Kiel,18Kilima 'Njaro,25,88,93LLead,75Lebaudy, M.,88Leopold, King of the Belgians,87Luderitz, Herr, at Angra Pequena,55——, at Santa Lucia,64Luderitzbucht,64,82MMagellan,130"Mailed fist," the,178Maize,118Marble,74Maritz, General,79Merriman, John X.,54Mica,107Mohair,73Morocco,29NNachtigal, Dr,111Namaqualand, Great,41Natives, German exploitation of,116New Guinea,25,130,166—— and Queensland,132New Zealand offers to protect Samoa,144OOil,167PPacific Islands,124,129,131,133Palm kernels,117Palm-oil,102,117,120,154,162Pea-nuts,106Penguin eggs,74Peters, Dr Carl,90Phosphates,156,166Portugal,36,93,109,124,126Prussian militarism,17Pulse,180QQueensland and New Guinea,132RRhodes, Cecil,19,54Rhodesia, German efforts,55Rubber,73,101,102,117,154,166Russia in China,174SSago,161Samoa,131,133,136,144,150,154——,Calliopeand hurricane,142——, German annexation,147——, the British occupy,168Sandal-wood,166Schleswig-Holstein,18"Scramble for Africa,"24Seal skins,74Seddon, Hon. R.,148Silk,180Silver,74Sisal hemp,101South Africa,34,53Stanley, H. M.,87Stevenson. R. L.,149St Lucia Bay,30Swakopmund,82TTangier, German Emperor's visit to,29Tannin,107Tasmania,24Timber,107,115,121,167Tin,75Tobacco,154,166Togoland,66,109,112,114,117Tortoise-shell,166Transvaal, German aspirations,30Treaty, Anglo-German,94Treitschke, von, and "Greater Germany,"28Trepang,166UUpington, Sir Thomas,54VVan Diemen,130Von der Decken,87Von Weber, Ernst,45Von Wissmann, Captain H.,95WWalfisch Bay,41Warren, Sir Charles,54Warren expedition,54Wax,180——, bees',101Wei-hai-wei, Great Britain's lease,177Whales,74Wheat,180Wireless, Togoland,118Wool,73"World Power,"29ZZanzibar,85,90,94,96

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